#4 ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o Akita Inu i ko mākou manawa ua loaʻa i ka mahalo i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻAmelika "Hachiko", e pili ana i nā hanana maoli.
He Akita Inu ʻo Hachiko i noho me ka mea nona ka hale, he kanaka ʻepekema i hele i ka hana ma ke kūlanakauhale i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua hele pu ka ilio hoopono me ka mea nana i ke kahua a hoi aku i ka hale, a i ke ahiahi hele mai la oia e halawai me ia. A hoʻomau ka ʻīlio no nā makahiki 9 e hiki mai ana i ke keʻena ʻelua i ka lā a kali i ka mea nona. Ua make ka ʻīlio kahiko i ka maʻi kanesa a me ka maʻi puʻuwai, a ua kaumaha loa. Ma hope o ka lohe ʻana o ka make ma Iapana, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua haʻi ʻia ke kanikau ʻāina, a ua kūkulu ʻia kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo no kēia ʻīlio kupaianaha ma ke kahua Shibuya.